M1341 Characterization and Comparison of Patients Versus Non-Patients With Functional Bowel Symptoms in the General Population.

G A A b st ra ct s asthma), were reported by 37 of the patients (53%). Fourteen patients (20%) had elevated specific IgE levels in serum for common food and inhalant allergens and 4 patients (6%) had elevated total IgE levels. Neither elevated IgE levels, total or specific, nor a history of atopic disease were correlated with food-related symptoms. Conclusion: The severity of food-related GI symptoms in IBS seems to be more related to poor quality of life and high symptom burden in general, than to the presence of atopic disease. However, further investigations evaluating the relevance of local allergic factors in the gut for food-related symptoms in IBS are warranted.